Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Happy Birthday Dad!
I had a typically Ellen Moir moment when I went to get a mum for Dad's birthday. I wanted a colorful orange mum, but all the orange ones were in these awful black pots with printing all around them. What to do...do I spend an extra five bucks to get a more attractive pot that I can put the orange mum in or do I get the purple mum which is in a tasteful terra cotta colored plastic pot? As luck would have it, I found a bright yellow mum in a tasteful pot and decided to get that one although my heart was set on orange. As I was walking out of the store, with my yellow mum in hand, I spotted the orange mum in the tasteful pot on a table outside! With the cashier's blessing, I swapped mums and ended up getting what I really wanted all along. Happy Birthday Dad. Enjoy your orange mum!
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I, too, know that Dad's birthday is tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI know Papa is thanking you for that orange mum, while Mom is just rolling her eyes that you tried so hard. It does seem like once you just accept the reality, a pleasant surprise may still follow!
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